The winning ticket was purchased via a third party courier company, a practice that has become highly controversial in Texas.

A Texas Lotto jackpot is in question amid Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's push against so-called courier services like Jackpocket.

Lottery database records showed someone activated a book containing 30 tickets for the Florida 300X The Cash scratch-off game ...

selling tickets to minors and selling fake tickets. In a statement released on Monday Mindell said the body had recently "conducted a review of our authority under the State Lottery Act" and concluded ...

on Monday announced plans to prohibit lottery courier services, arguing that they violate state laws by allowing money laundering and the sale of fake lotto tickets. According to TLC executive ...

Concertgoers have been warned fake tickets are being resold through unauthorised reselling websites, seeing fans who spent hundreds denied entry to shows.